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Forests (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 1982) - Sect 3

Amendment of section 20 of the principal enactment [ 3, 13 of 1982]

3. Section 20 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection;
"(2) Any person who abets the commission of any offence specified in this Chapter or causes any such offence to be committed shall also be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable
(a) in the case of an offence referred to in section 21, other than an offence referred to in the proviso thereto, to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not less than three months and not exceeding one year;
(b) in the case of an offence referred to in the proviso to section 21, to imprisonment for a term not less than six months and not exceeding two years.".


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